Benchmarking and negotiating rates with national and international freight companies.

Managing the reduction in unallocated and aged stock.

Drafting departmental processes and procedures.

Supply chain risk management.

The Successful Applicant

Ideally applicants for this position of Purchasing Manager (multi-site) will have:

Strong examples of cost saving achievements

Held a similar position and ideally had exposure to working within both large and small organisations

A good understanding of contract compliance - measuring compliance to contract service level agreements (SLA's), contract terms and conditions, pricing agreements and quality (developed in conjunction with QA)

A desire to have full autonomy of a procurement function and it's strategic direction.